Chapter on the trajectory from social fragmentation to socio-political consensus in the Netherlands, surveying the nineteenth and twentieth century, and zooming in on the development of consultative platforms in the interwar period. I analyze three case studies of employer views on issues relating to labour relations and social protection: (1) collective labour agreements in the early 1920s (which opened the door to codetermination and the expansion of more elaborate welfare provisions), (2) the SicknessLaw of 1913–1930, and (3) the Unemployment Law initiatives of 1921–1923.